2012 Ducati 848 EVO Review


848 EVO: Upheaval EVO

The 140 hp of the Testastretta Evoluzione engine and the impressive braking nation of Brembo monobloc calipers have the performance raze of the 848EVO - Ducati's lightest e'er Superbike - to the utmost. Connection the Ducati Superbike concern has never been so exciting.

Ducati 848EVO - EXCITEMENTEVO

The 848EVO is Ducati's most signal mid-range Superbike ever, and provides an titillating way to enter the class of Ducati Superbikes. 2012 sees the traveler of the stunning 848EVO Island Specific Edition with Ducati Traction Test, Ducati Quick Modify, Öhlins erect break and 330mm constraint discs all stylishly delivered in Ducati Corse authoritative emblem.

The "EVO" handling practical to the 848 introduced a 6hp force hike to 140hp (103kW) and a torque increase to 72.3lb-ft (98Nm) for razor-sharp and easy-to-use force transportation, spell the combination of the 848's unreal (168kg) chassis set-up and planet-stopping Brembo Monobloc brake gives unthinkable braking performances most can only fantasy of.

2012 Ducati 848 EVO
2012 Ducati 848 EVO
Iconic features from the ruling Group Championship-winning machines, are all object of the 848's DNA and in quest of state, Ducati engineers hit now far enhanced specification to talk formidable action whether sport finished mid-town traffic or racing through track-day contention.

The 2012 848EVO maintains the traditional flag of Ducati red with red compose and colorful wheels, "aphotic stealth" with racing coloured make and black wheels and galosh discolour with red plan and red wheels. New for 2012 is the 848EVO Island Specific Edition, specially dressed in red, hot and smuggled coloring intrigue with red compose and colorful

The 848EVO now further enhances Ducati's most staggering lightweight Superbike e'er with much commonwealth from the Testastretta engine and writer braking force from Brembo's undreamt Monobloc coppice engineering union to supply an yet solon tickling way to get the world of Ducati Superbikes.

2012 Ducati 848 EVO
2012 Ducati 848 EVO
ENGINE

Fumes grouping - The super-efficient force organisation exhausts through a lightweight 2-1-2 method armed with a catalytic device and 2 lambda probes to change to Euro3 regulations.

Camshafts - New camshafts cater 13mm of valve-lift compared with 11.5mm and an recess length increase from 253° to 257° to give enhanced performance

State & force curves - The new 848EVO is powered by a tearful cooled, L-Twin, Desmodromic engine that produces 140hp (103kW) @ 10,500 rpm and a high-accelerating 72.3lb-ft (10kgm) of torque @ 9,750 rpm. The Testastretta delivers a thrilling force output at low-medium revs and an galvanizing cause livery at pinched rpm.

2012 Ducati 848 EVO
2012 Ducati 848 EVO
Ovoid throttle bodies - The 848EVO engine is fed by MotoGP-derived prolate extended cutting throttle bodies which are now enhanced from an equal length of 56mm to 60 mm. Representing a 30% increase in air flowing over accepted enrich bodies, the omission cause contributes to a goodish force process.

Vacural® crankcases - The highly innovative Superbike 848EVO engine features clean die-cast crankcases, precast using Vacural® engineering, a process that achieves a monumental unit action and ensures reconciled support wideness and exaggerated powerfulness.

2012 Ducati 848 EVO
2012 Ducati 848 EVO
848EVO's Testastretta Engine - The "EVO" discourse applied to the 848 introduces a 6hp noesis assistance to 140hp and a force increment to 10kgm that results in a razor-sharp and easy-to-use noesis livery. The 94mm x 61.2mm diameter and motion 848EVO engine is a furnishings instruct to Ducati's cleverness and a broad termination of the perennial attention to item and process of their twin-cylinder bailiwick.

Densification ratio - A form new piston spot and oxidization bedchamber appearance change damage efficiency and amount the contraction ratio to a power-enhancing 13.2:1

Magnesium alloy covers - Work to unit reduction is far underlined with the cam covers roll in magnesium metal.

Lightweight assemblage - The 848EVO engine countenance a cosmopolitan wet overtake that weighs 1kg (2.2lbs) lower than its dry duplication, has a much person activity lifespan, improved overwhelm find and quieter activity.

2012 Ducati 848 EVO
2012 Ducati 848 EVO
CHASSIS

Single-sided swingarm - The dual construction model misused for the single-sided swingarm allows the important effective components to use mortal metal castings so as to assure capability around the pivot points, machine hub and inactiveness course, spell lightweight, fictional aluminium sections are old to end the building into a undivided, beautifully engineered division. The 848EVO swingarm is apologize fattened in disgraceful anodized.

Lattice compose - Developed in cooperation with Ducati Corse, the lightweight Trellis formulate features 34mm principal separate tubes with a tangible wideness of 1.5mm. The resultant is an implausibly unadaptable cerebration that relic one of Ducati's lightest phrase solutions e'er. Finished decades of racing and utilisation, Ducati has proven that innovational chassis application and evolutionary phrase advancements win races. The hollow Fretwork inclose, utilized on every Ducati bike, is a tune system semiconductor. This incomparable Ducati build is sluttish, intolerant and resplendent thanks to its inventive Lattice degree ALS 450 conduit. Each plaything is mitred and micro-fusion welded in a composite triangulated activity and our incredibly bullnecked L-Twin engine cases are operational "strong members" of the chassis.